File:Gabriel-Jacques de Saint-Aubin, A Street Show in Paris, 1760.jpg

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Summary

Gabriel de Saint-Aubin: A Street Show in Paris

Artist



Alternative names	Gabriel Jacques de Saint Aubin
Description	French painter, drawer, etcher and illustrator brother of Augustin de Saint-Aubin brother of Charles-Germain de Saint-Aubin
Date of birth/death	14 April 1724	14 February 1780 / 9 February 1780
Location of birth/death	Paris	Paris
Work period	circa 1744-1780
Work location	Paris
Authority file	: Q3094033 VIAF: 14917304 ISNI: 0000000080942575 ULAN: 500022865 LCCN: n83132631 NLA: 35715482 WorldCat

Title

A Street Show in Paris

Object type

painting

Description

English: Harlequin and Crispin are seen duelling on a simple stage. They are characters from the 'commedia dell'arte', a popular form of comic theatre that originated in Italy. Street theatre was popular in 18th-century Paris. The trees in this picture form a arch which makes the spectators as much a spectacle as the show itself. A picture of approximately the same size, 'La Réunion du Boulevard' (now at Perpignan), may have been intended as a pendant. An etching by Duclos of this picture gives the painter and the date, 1760.

Date

1760

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

80 x 64.1 cm

Collection

National Gallery

	Native name	National Gallery
	Parent institution	Board of Trustees of the National Gallery
	Location	London
	Coordinates	51° 30′ 32″ N, 0° 07′ 42″ W
	Established	1824
	Website	nationalgallery.org.uk
	Authority file	: Q180788 VIAF: 144868906 ISNI: 0000000123422001 ULAN: 500125190 LCCN: n80081622 NLA: 35311349 WorldCat

Accession number

NG2129

Credit line

Bought, 1907

References

Source/Photographer

National Gallery, London

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